by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
There is much talk of post-election reorganization and rethinking among demoralized liberals, especially in matters of foreign policy. They could start by accepting that the demise of many of their cherished beliefs and institutions was not the fault of others. Continue reading “Cracked Icons: Why the Left has Lost Credibility”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Policy Review
Dennis Ross. The Missing Peace. The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace by Dennis Ross. (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004) 840 pages. Continue reading “Process but No Peace”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
One of the many wondrous peoples that poured forth from the rich imagination of the late J. R. R. Tolkien were the Ents. Continue reading “The Ents of Europe”
by Victor Davis Hanson
The New York Times
President Bush’s selection of a new secretary of agriculture, Gov. Mike Johanns of Nebraska, comes as American agriculture is at a dangerous crossroads. Despite government subsidies and technological advancements, the United States could soon become a net importer of food for the first time in about 50 years. Continue reading “A Secretary for Farmland Security”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
For those Democrats still licking their electoral wounds, a soothing narrative has emerged among the liberal commentariat. Continue reading “The Faith of our Fathers”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
A movie as bad as Oliver Stone’s Alexander usually would not be worth notice, but Stone has indulged several cinematic and political pathologies that are illuminating. Continue reading “So Much Lost and Little Gained”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
The harrowing World War II movie Twelve O’Clock High begins with a postwar bald and bespectacled Dean Jagger (Colonel Harvey Stovall) riding his bicycle out to an old airfield in Archbury, England, that years earlier had been home to the 918th B-17 Bombing Group of the 8th Air force. Continue reading “How Far We’ve Come”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Commentary
Vol. 116, Iss. 5
A Lost Breed Rumsfeld: A Personal Portrait by Midge Decter (Regan Books/HarperCollins. 220pp.) Continue reading “Rumsfeld: A Personal Portrait”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
Well, I thought it was simply terrible. The film goes on for nearly three hours, but we hear nothing of what either supporters or detractors of Alexander, both ancient and modern, have agreed were the central issues of his life. Continue reading “Culling From Among Mediocre in Hollywood”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
One of the more curious aspects of the commentary on this war has not been the bias of the mainstream media but the cynical punditry that somehow ends up as the conventional wisdom among our New York and Washington elites. Here is a small sample of misplaced metaphors, allusions, and conventional wisdom of the last three years. Continue reading “Misplaced Metaphors”